The sun had already sunk behind Western Mountain, its afterglow tracing the rolling peaks with a glittering golden edge. At the foot of the mountains, scattered lights flickered, lending the landscape an even deeper, more unfathomable air.
At Liyue Harbor's political center, the girl looked at the mountain of reports before her with a headache, revising them using the faint memories of Keqing in her mind along with her own experience.
She could handle some things, but certain reports truly touched upon her blind spots, and she had absolutely no idea what to do with them.
Off to one side, more than a dozen of Yuheng Star's secretaries and assistants watched the sun set... then silently began packing up their things.
"Don't you think Yuheng Star has been acting strangely today?"
Two assistants whispered cautiously in a corner, afraid the girl would notice their little movements.
"It is strange. Yuheng Star usually handles documents very quickly. Those files and reports should have been finished long ago, but there are still so many left even now."
"So what do we do now? It's already dark..."
"We should leave! Yuheng Star is reasonable. We've already worked overtime until now today."
"But wouldn't that leave Yuheng Star working alone? Isn't that a little bad?"
"What's so strange about that? When has Yuheng Star not stayed behind to work alone until late at night?"
"That's true..."
Even so, when they looked at the Yuheng Star's desk and saw how many documents remained unprocessed, it seemed that Yuheng Star would have to pull another all-nighter today.
They felt a little sorry for her...
But then they remembered how they had tried to persuade Yuheng Star before, only to be lectured by her. Today's work must be finished today... it could absolutely not be left for